Cigar-cutter.



S. WOODS.

GIGAR GUTTER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. z2, 1912.

1,067,390, Patented July 15, 1913.

TTEB STATES ATENT TVTQE.

STEPHEN WOODS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

To all whom 'z'Z may concern.'

Be it known that I, STEPHEN vWOODS, a citizen of th-e United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cigar cutters of that type designed to be carried in the pocket of the user and consists in the arrangement of the parts in such manner that they are compactl and easy of operation, while the cigar cutter as a whole is thin and of such shape as to lend it-self to ornamentation as desired.

In the following I have described, in connection with the accompanying drawings, one form of device illustrating` the application of my invention, the features thereof being more fully set forth hereinafter in the claims.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of the device in closed position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the device in open and operative position. Fig. l is a top plan view of certain details, parts being disconnected to show the inside of the device and Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing a certain detail of construction.

In the several figures similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts.

G indicates a base plate provided with an upturned rim 'T extending entirely around the base plate excepting for a short distance at the back as hereinafter described.

S indicates an opening in the base plate provided with an upturned rim 9 of less height than the rim '7.

10 is a. lug on the base plate adapted to cooperate with spring controlled plate 11 as hereinafter described.

12 is a guide member adapted to be hinged to base plate 6 by pin 13. Guide member 12 is provided with an opening 14.- adapted to register with opening 8 in the base plate when the parts are closed, the cutter 15 hereinafter described, passing between the two openings. The bottom of guide member 12 is cut away as shown in Fig. 4 so as to permit the end of the cigar to be thrust therethrough when the parts are in operative position. rThe bottom of the guide member', where not cut away,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1912.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Serial No. 685,453.

forms guideways 16, 16, to receive cutter 15 adapted to slide therein. Cutter 15 is provided with stops 17 and 18 adapted to take against cooperating lugs 19 at the inner end of the guideways to prevent the cutter from being withdrawn from the guide member after the parts have been fastened together. One of said lugs, as 19', may be in the form of a screw as shown. The lower edge 2O of the cutter is sharpened to act as the cutting member.

21 indicates a top plate hinged to base plate G by pivot pin 22 and to critter 15 by socket 23 receiving pintles 2st on the cutter. Top plate 21 may also be provided with a downwardly projecting rim 25 adapted to fit within the upwardly projecting rim 7 of the base plate.

The spring controlled plate 11.A shown in side elevation in Fig. 5, lies within top plate .2l and takes under lugs 26, 26 projecting inwardly from rim 25. A cut out portion 2T in plate 11 provides an edge 2S adapted to take over lug 10 on t-he base plate. A tongue 29 pro-jects from the outer end of the plate 11 through suitable openings in rim 7 and rim 25 and is provided with a. ring 80 to which a watch chain, for example, may be att-ached.

31 is a lug on the under surface of top plate 21 and 32 is a lug on the under surrace of plate 11.

33 is a spring adapted to bear against lugs 31 and 32, one end of the spring being coiled about a pin 3-1, journaled in rim 25 and bearing support 35 on top plate 21, and terminating in an arm 36 adapted to be pressed against the upper surface of base plate 6 and to throw the parts into open operative position when plate 11 is released from lug 10.

When the parts are fastened together as described and the device is in closed position the cigar cutter is flat in form, as shown in Fig. 2, and when tongue 29 is pressed inward edge 28 is released from lug 10 and spring arm 36 throws the device. into the position shown in Fig. 3, with cutter 15 in raised position. rlhe end of the cigar is then placed through o-pening 14 in guide member 12 and the device is closed, cutter 15 slicing olf the end of the cigar as the device is being closed by a kind of compound motion caused by the pressing in of the guide plate and the pressing down of the cutter blade at the same time. When closed,

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lug 10 engages plate l1 and the parts are again held in closed position ready7 for the next time of use.

It is obvious that the device can be operated in the simplest manner, even with gloves on the hands of the user, as simply pressing on tongue 29 permits the blade to be raised and sets the device in operative position, while merely pressing on the top ot' the device closes it again and cuts off the cigar end.

I do not restrict myself to the details shown and described i'urther than the scope of the appended claims demands.

that I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cigar cutter comprising a base plate, a top plate hinged thereto, a cutter blade hinged to the top plate, said top plate and cutter blade together being substantiall5T equal in length to the length of the base plate and in alinement With each other when the cutter is closed, and a guide plate pvoted in the base plate and arranged to receive the cutter blade.

2. A cigar cutter comprising a. base plate,

a top plate hinged thereto, a. cutter blade hinged to the top plate and a guide plate pivoted in the base plate and arranged to receive the cutter blade, the cutter blade and top plate being in alinement and the inner end ot the guide plate abutting` the adjacent end of the top plate when the cutter is closed.

3. A cigar cutter comprising a base plate, a top plate hinged thereto, a cutter blade hinged to the top plate, said top plate and cutter blade being in alinement .with each other when the cutter is closed, a guide plate pivoted in the base plate and arranged to receive the cutter blade, a spring catch for holding the cutter in closed position and a spring tending to throw the saine up into open position when the spring catch is released.

n testimonT whereof l have signed this specication in the presence o' two subscribing Witnesses.

STEPHEN VOG'DS. lVitnesses CHAS. N. Conrnnm JOHN S. KoHLns.

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